Tanah Abang

Tanah Abang[n 1] is a district of Central Jakarta, Indonesia. The district hosts the biggest textile market in Southeast Asia, Tanah Abang Market. It hosts Bung Karno Stadium, in Kelurahan Gelora, and the western half of the largely skyscraper-dominated Sudirman Central Business District.

The western half of Sudirman Central Business District is in Tanah Abang District, Central Jakarta.
Map of the district in grey, furthest south. Click for broader map and to enable varied magnification.

Namesakes

It is also the name of two historic roads in Kelurahan South Petojo, Gambir District. One of these roads, Tanah Abang 1, hosts the old Dutch Cemetery, now partly a museum Museum Taman Prasasti burial place of Olivia Mariamne Devenish, Eurasian wife of Stamford Raffles.[1]

The city's important Textile Museum is, contrary to as is colloquially stated, in West Jakarta (Kelurahan Kota Bambu Selatan, Palmerah District) just over the western border.

Tanah Abang market
A view of Tanah Abang[2] District centered on the Kebon Melati reservoir. The constructed high rise is the Grand Indonesia Hotel. The large green building in the distance is Tanah Abang market.
Kali Tanah Abang (circa 1910)

Tanah Abang market is in the Kelurahan Kebon Kacang thus next to Tanah Abang station,[3] on the western edge. The market has been known to exist since 1735.[4] The market is the main forum for textile trade orders in Indonesia and the biggest in Southeast Asia, with much of its business conducted by sample, enabling side-by-side comparison of competitors in quality, design and innovation in all types of textile applications and fashion. Major manufacturers and smaller, niche ones compete for market space. Before 2003, the market was divided into three parts[n 2]. Part of the market was ravaged by fire in February 2003, but soon rebuilt. Extensions and dominant parts Blok A and Blok B, were added in 2005 and 2010.[5] Blok A is the largest, covering 160,000 square meters, having almost 8,000 kiosks and is visited by about 80,000 buyers on busy days with daily transactions averaging about Rp 500 billion ($43 million). It is well-known among traders from Africa, Australasia and much of Asia.[6]

Kelurahan (Administrative Villages)

The district is divided into seven Kelurahan (administrative villages) and their area codes are given:

Bendungan Hilir10210
Karet Tengsin10220
Kebon Melati10230
Kebon Kacang10240
Kampung Bali10250
Petamburan10260
Gelora10270

List of important places
Jakarta's iconic TVRI tower and now-closed theme park Taman Ria are both located at Tanah Abang, as shown here.

Notes and references
Footnotes
  1. Literal translation: Redland(s)
  2. one prefixed Metro; others suffixed Lama, and AURI
Citations
  1. "Tanah Abang (Indonesian)". DISKOMINFO Kota Administrasi Jakarta Pusat. pusat.jakarta.go.id. Retrieved 2009-12-18.
  2. "Pasar Grosir Online Busana Muslim|Tanah Abang Fashion Islami Terbaru". www.tanahabangbusana.com.
  3. Krismantari, Ika and Multa Fidrus. "The vulnerable miss out during exodus". The Jakarta Post. Tuesday September 7, 2010. Retrieved on September 16, 2010. "Based on The Jakarta Post’s observations at Tanah Abang train station, Central Jakarta,"
  4. http://tanahabangonline.com/index2.php?option=com_content&do_pdf=1&id=71 (Indonesian)
  5. http://tanahabangreview.com/2010/09/03/sejarah-tanah-abang/
  6. "Weekly 5: The tallest, largest and longest". February 28, 2014.

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